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In the midst of a summer, winds were blowing hot dry air as
never before. Sun kept on smiling to earth and sucking all of her energy yet
telling by that smile, a new birth is waiting for you. You will be garland by
flowers, trees and grasses. Animals, birds and beings will celebrate life all
around. Don’t worry! Let this phase also pass on. That’s what sun told to
earth, as a being responsible for creation on the earth.
While this discussion was taking place, clouds started
forming on the ocean. Preparing themselves for journey and with help of sun and
sea they have collected large amount of water with them for the journey. Now it
was time for them to say good-bye to their abode. It was just a resting and
rejuvenating place, ocean that was like their mother. They will go with their
friend wind wherever they want to go. Wind came to the cloud and whispered
these words in his ear “By nature I am free to travel all over the world. I
pervade all around but you are dependent on me. I give you freedom to select a
place where you like to go.” “I am responsible to carry this water to the
distant land, drink very less as less as drop on tea spoon for my own journey. Nature
too has bestowed freedom to me, to shower and sprinkle this water on earth wherever
I want.”
After silence of minutes, cloud exploded his excitements
“Till now I have seen most of the lands, from mountains to hills, planes to
coastal areas, all are wonderful to see, to be there. I have seen peoples of
cities, towns, villages and of nothing, their life, and celebrations. I also
know how much they await for me egarly. As there whole life depends on me after
light from the sun and oxygen from the atmosphere. I don’t know why? But this
city person has started hating me in past few decades. I become reasons of
cursing, for flood; they think I am dumb…” wind interrupted “ohh is it so, my
dear friend as I am free to go anywhere anytime I have to keep moving. So I
can’t wait here and listen to your story. It would be better you come along
with me and when you decide let me know where to go. So I will take you there.”
By this they both started journey towards North by passing
over beautiful seen of country sides. Ghats and hills, waving hands to the
river, passing messages to birds and lighting that we are coming, soon my
family will arrive here too.
Wind asked to cloud “why do you feel that people curse at
you? Look down my friend, this trees are drying, animal and people are running
sort of water and still you feel the same?”
Cloud replied in anguish and yet in calm “yes, what you are
looking and telling is true, but you have looked at one part only. The moment I
start dropping this treasure, they start mumbling about mud, delay in their
schedule. I make them wet and their clothes dirty. They don’t like me for that.
There are only very few who likes me, who loves me and enjoy with me”.
As their conversation was going on, passing all the curves
and creatures of the earth without any sense of space and time covered in it.
Cloud had made his mind, prepared his heart to take freedom, be responsible and
use freedom of choice first time granted to him. He busted out loud “cloud take
to the North West. To the desert, this time I would like to give joy to them.
Bring smile on the faces of desert people.”
“Are you sure? All other clouds want to see coasts, hills
and mountain, forest and gardens . what you will find in desert, a sand?”
“You have given me freedom of choice. I have realized my
responsibility in real sense now. Also I would like to teach lesson to others,
who curses on me, blames me. This choice which I am making is not against any
law so far written on this universe. Can you take me there?”
Wind replied in affirmation “yes I will, but you are
forgetting that you can’t just burst out on desert if you do so all your
generosity will be in a vain. You have to find a mountain nearby to it, which
you can give your treasure, who can hold it.”
“Indeed, I forgot the law of nature by which I am
responsible. Let’s move ahead. I am sure we will find mountains” told cloud
very excitedly by hearing this affirmative and supportive wind.
They both carried on in their journey and after a week time
arrived to one corner of the desert, full of yellow sands. No signs of water
and life, hardly there were any plant. They continued, it was rare but pleasant
sight of watching people riding on their camel and traveling across the desert
on those sunny days. People somehow heard the conversation of cloud and wind
and were telling to each other. Look cloud is going over that side. What a bad
luck we have, just because we are born in desert? They are not going to stop
here and shower their blessings on us.”
There and then cloud seen in very clear view of big and tall
mountains covered with dust and grass. Wind stopped their and so cloud.
“I came from distant horizon. I am free and want to give
this treasure to you. So you can distribute it among the desert. Accept it.”
Cloud in pleasing way offering service to mountain told.
“I am happy to see both of you. You must have taken a long
flight to reach here, in the midst of desert. Come and take rest in my abode. I
don’t have freedom of moving but I am happy to see far distance land, to hear
and helping some kind soul like you. I was alone, I can speak but no one is
around here. Desert likes to murmur and be with itself only. These small plants
give me company sometime but not more than a few weeks. You are grace of god
for us. Finally I had spoken something. Thank you.” On hearing this, cloud felt
uneasy within. Sympathy for this newly discovered friend came out of his eye as
drops. Flowing down on the mountains and running towards the desert.
Cloud exclaimed “why you are letting go this treasure, first
keep it for yourself?” mountain replied with closed eye “what I want now, I am
getting it all. First let this go to this land. I will require help of wind to
create small reservoir here, so I can preserve few of remaining water. Serving
to tree and on time will keep it pouring in to the stream. So they also can go
further towards their destiny.” Cloud was impressed by act of unselfishness
shown by mountain. His care for field and moor was indefinable. Cloud busted
out loud this time. Mountain had
understood his responsibility very well. By giving away freedom of movement he
catered to field, plants and peoples for thousands of years. Protecting desert
and beings from disturbance sometime created by uncontrolled wind. He was
savior in its own sense from uncontrolled nature and man. [To be continued..
may be never…….
